cruise ship
/ˈkɹuːz ʃɪp/
"cruise-ship" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cruise ship” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cruise ship |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈkɹuːz ʃɪp/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cruise ship” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cruise ship is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈkɹuːz ʃɪp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.".
cruise ship doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is cruise ship, spelled C-R-U-I-S-E- -S-H-I-P.
Definition
- 1A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cruise ship”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-R-U-I-S-E- -S-H-I-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈkɹuːz ʃɪp/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.